After spending many hours on Amtrak trains, I've learned some great tips for train travel and have been surprised by a few ...

Everett Potter, author of "100 Train Journeys of a Lifetime" speaks about train travel with USA TODAY ahead of the publication of his book.

The town’s founder escaped from slavery and went on to become the highest-ranking Black officer in the U.S. Army.

Scenic winter train rides across the Rocky Mountains offer breathtaking views of snow-covered peaks, creating memorable ...

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] The Trump administration plans to allocate roughly $2.4 billion that was stripped from California’s embattled high-speed rail to other ...

Amtrak and the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation (USRC) Boards of Directors have agreed to terms on a renegotiated cooperative agreement to restore the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT ...

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (WLS) -- An Amtrak train crashed into construction equipment, injuring a worker in the north suburbs on Sunday afternoon, police said. Lake Forest police said the train collided with ...

An Amtrak train hit a construction vehicle in the North Shore Chicago suburb of Lake Forest Sunday. The City of Lake Forest told CBS News Chicago that an Amtrak train struck a construction vehicle ...

The International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers – Transportation Division (SMART-TD), the nation’s largest railroad union, and Union Pacific Railroad, the nation’s ...

An Amtrak train traveling from Milwaukee to Chicago struck a front-end loader used by a Metra crew in Lake Forest around noon Sunday, sending the operator to the hospital with non-life-threatening ...

A crash involving an Amtrak train and construction machinery at Everett Road and Waukegan Road in Lake Forest left the machine operator hospitalized Sunday afternoon. | Photo: Max Weingardt One person ...